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and that's it for the shortcut of this week. and that's it for the shortcut of click for this week. the full version is up on iplayer where you can see our 56 adventures in china, where we visit the most advanced manufacturer of 56 in the world and ask — just who are huawei? good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and roger johnson. our headlines today: let's do a deal — the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit.
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the illegal puppy trade exposed. the treasury recovers almost £5.5 million. in unpaid taxes in an operation to tackle dodgy dog breeders. police forces in england and wales are urged to rethink their policy of asking rape victims for access to messages and photographs on their phones. the premier league title race is going down to the last day of the season, but liverpool left it very late to beat newcastle. they're on top again and the pressure is back on manchester city. good morning. our bank holiday weather continues on a chilly note. there will be some sunshine today in the south, cloudier skies in the north. i will have a full forecast coming upfor north. i will have a full forecast coming up for you shortly. the prime minister has urged the labour leaderjeremy corbyn to work with her to break the brexit deadlock, telling him: "let's do a deal". writing in the mail on sunday, theresa may claims the local election results show people are fed
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up with the failure of both main parties to find a way to honour the result of the referendum. nick eardleyjoins us from our london newsroom. it is all well and good writing an article in a newspaper, but actually finding some common ground and getting this sort it is easier said than done. absolutely. they have been working on it for weeks and it does appear the government is moving more and more towards labour's position, which is basically a similar trade deal to the one we have at the moment as part of a customs union. but if she does that, the prime minister knows she risks infuriating many within her own party. you can see it in the sunday papers today. graham brady, he is the boss of the back wrenches, saying it could rip the conservative party apart. —— backbenchers. nigel farage is a big threat to the tories, saying it would be a coalition against the people. on the labour side there is also a big risk
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in getting involved in this. many labour mps will not sign up to something that doesn't include another referendum. it is really a tricky way to find a consensus, but will involve both parties splitting, won't it? some labour people will not possibly agree to it, and similarly, some of the tories. yes, and that raises the question of whether it will get through parliament. if there are enough conservative and labour mps who say, no, we're not getting on board, it is possible it might not even have the numbers in the house of commons. this deal is not done yet. there are some on the labour side saying, look, there are still big issues we need to solve. the prime minister clearly thinks this needs to get sorted because the tories took such a thumping in the local elections, there are some on the labour side who think the same. just as many look to the big gains for the liberal democrats and the screens and say, actually, we should go the other way now and have no brexit at all. those talks between the
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conservatives under labour restart on tuesday. nick eardley, thank you. dog breeders selling puppies on the black market have been forced to pay back more than £5 million in tax as part of a clampdown on illegal puppy farming. customs officers found fraudsters making huge profits by breeding puppies on a mass scale, with little regard for their welfare. one dealer was charged more than £400,000. police commissioners are calling on prosecutors to withdraw a controversial new form forcing victims of crime, including rape complainants, to hand over their mobile phones or risk their attacker walking free. the association of police and crime commissioners says the policy risks undermining the criminaljustice system. andy moore reports. these are the new consent forms that could be used by the police, asking victims of crime — including rape victims — to allow their mobile phones and other data to be examined. campaigners have described them as a "digital strip search." support from the view that the police have gone too far has come from an unusual
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source — the police and crime commissioners who are elected by us to hold police forces to account. the forms were introduced after a series of scandals where vital evidence held on social media was not handed over to rape defendants. they were seen as an attempt to improve the thoroughness of investigations. police said data would only be examined where it was relevant to an enquiry. but the association of police and crime commissioners opposes the move. david lloyd, the organisation's lead on criminal justice, told the observer newspaper: the police and crime commissioners say that in some cases, material unconnected to the rape case has been obtained by officers and used to undermine the complainant.
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the police say they are trying to balance privacy and justice. those whose job it is to oversee the police say that on this occasion they have got that balance wrong. 16 people have been killed and thousands have been left homeless by cyclone fani, one of the most powerful storms to hit india in 20 years. more than 10,000 villages have been damaged by the cyclone, which made landfall on friday, but indian officials say the early evacuation of more than a million people saved many lives. militants in the gaza strip have fired more than 200 rockets into israel, the army says, prompting air strikes and tank fire on the palestinian territory. officials say three israelis were wounded by the rockets, while israeli fire killed four palestinians. including a mother and her baby daughter. israel said it had responded by targeting a hamas headquarters and a tunnel used by islamichhad militants. the violence follows a truce in the run—up to the israeli elections.
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the newly—crowned king of thailand has been granting titles to members of the royal family on the second day of elaborate ceremonies marking his coronation. he is expected to take part in a grand procession on the streets of bangkok later today. our correspondent laura bicker sent this update. injusta injust a few in just a few hours' time, one of the most powerful monarchs in the world will parade through the streets of bangkok. they are starting to arrive in their hundreds. they are expecting around 200,000 people to line the streets. the newly anointed and crowned king rama x will be carried through the streets in what is called a palanquin, a kind of chariot carried by 16 men. it is being carried in 38 celsius heat, so that is quite a difficultjob. they will celsius heat, so that is quite a difficult job. they will change every 500 metres. he will visit three sacred temples and pay his respects to the ashes of his
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a ncestors, respects to the ashes of his ancestors, and when he is carried through the streets, it will be about seven kilometres of the route. yes, we are expecting to see scenes of people getting a glimpse of this new king. he is seen as more remote than his well loved father, and far more controversial. he has spent a lot of time in munich with his 13—year—old son. he is very, very close to the military, a military which has overthrown two governments in the last 13 years in thailand. what people here are wondering is, what is this powerful monarchs going to do? but what these ceremonies will do over the next few days is cement and anchor his place at the head of one of the most powerful dynasties. a rare brooch has been uncovered in norfolk. the 800—year—old treasure features two lions and is studded with two pink stones. it was found in a freshly ploughed field by a newly qualified archaeologist but it wasn't his first find. mr lucking unearthed a anglo—saxon pendant worth £145,000 when he was still a student in 2014.
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that is the pendant there. and now he has found this brooch. wow. fascinating stuff. i guess is an experienced archaeologist he is not just working on like as a detector is. i see what you mean, he knows where to go. he is using some knowledge, you would think. he is obviously a good guy to know. he is doing very well. dog breeders selling puppies on the black market have been forced to pay back more than £5 million pounds in tax as part of a clampdown on illegal puppy farming. customs officers found fraudsters making huge profits by breeding puppies on a mass scale, with little regard for their welfare. simonjones reports. distressed dogs kept in appalling conditions by breeders not paying their taxes, treating animals as a commodity rather
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than with humanity, selling them on in huge numbers. the impact of the illegal puppy trade on dogs is one of absolute misery and animal welfare problems, from disease to over—breeding, it really does cause suffering, and some of these people are moving dogs around, travelling great distances when they are sick and injured, and it really is a miserable trade. a task force from hm revenue and customs set up in 2015 has recovered almost £5.5 million in lost taxes. it identified 257 separate cases of tax evasion across the uk. one puppy breeder in scotland was handed a bill of £425,000. animal welfare groups say tens of thousands of puppies are being reared in unregulated conditions. the task force says it has made inroads into what it calls a brutal trade, but it is a growing problem. the government was unable to say how
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many of the breeders who had been fined were still operating. the advice from the rspca for anybody considering buying a dog is to do your research on the person selling it, or to consider a rescue dog. joining us now is lucy radnor, who fell victim to an illegal breeder, and the rspca's herchy boal. and lucy has brought her dog simba. thank you all for coming in. now, he has had all sorts of problems, hasn't he, simba? but you wouldn't know it. explain his issues? so, when we first got him he became extremely sick within 24—48 hours. he was ridden with fleas, he had something called parvovirus, and parasites. so we had that hurdle to overcome. he nearly died. then we started with eye issues. he has ca ta ra cts started with eye issues. he has cataracts in both eyes. he is pretty
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much blind in his bad eye, which is this either. he has had to operations on but one. he has got a very wet, shiny nose. begat little ears as well! how did you get him? what kind of process did you go through before you took him on? well, my husband, who is quite impulsive anyway, rang me and said, he had found the most amazing dog, he had found the most amazing dog, he had found the most amazing dog, he had been in touch with this breeder, we are going to see him this afternoon. i said hold on, because i am sensible one. but before i knew it i was being whisked off to see this dog in which he wa nted off to see this dog in which he wanted to get me as a present. so i didn't protest too much, because i was desperate for one. he said he had done his research online and had a few conversations with the breeder and that was it. so off we went to see simba. he was with another puppy and there were other people they are
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at the time. there were two of them left, we were told. we were also told others were coming to see these two remaining puppies this afternoon. so all of a sudden you get caught up with everything. you think, i need this puppy, i have fallen in love with him. and we were sold a very good story about, essentially... he looks adorable, i have to say. so, the taxman has clamped down, effectively, on some of these illegal puppy farms. i guess that is to be welcomed, isn't it? there are lots of different tools by which you go after these breeders, but this is a bit of a new one, isn't it? yes, so hmrc, as you say, have gone after puppy farmers and recovered money that obviously they have not been paying. and obviously that is very welcome by the rspca, because i think in partnership, working with them, it is essential that we try to stop puppy is essential that we try to stop puppy farmers. lucy's story is
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unfortunately very familiar to me as an inspector for the rspca. this trade in puppy farming, it is essentially trafficking of puppies. it is for profit only. and it is unfortunate, you know, it is against the welfare of any animal. so puppy farming, for us, is one of the issues we are trying to tackle here. i think lucy got in touch with you, didn't she, when it became apparent there were these issues, to try to work out what had gone wrong? and you are investigating this particular breeder at the time. what had happened, lucy had seen a local advert which mentioned puppy farming in the area, and looking for people, and luckily lucy picked up on that and luckily lucy picked up on that and contacted the rspca, and it was obviously good to share her story about simba. this is going on up and down the country everywhere. what are the kind of red lights that lucy and her husband could have seen, or maybe should have seen, in terms of
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looking to get a newjob? one of maybe should have seen, in terms of looking to get a new job? one of the things lucy mentioned, there were other people there, but it felt very rushed and she thought if she didn't ta ke rushed and she thought if she didn't take this puppy i imagine she would be told it was probably the last puppy be told it was probably the last pupr you be told it was probably the last puppy. you know, you are handing over large amounts of cash. you should go and view a puppy over different days, may be, or different weeks, but to go along and see a puppy weeks, but to go along and see a puppy and essentially buy it on the first day that you visit it, especially if you are getting pushed by the seller... they are trying to push all the emotional buttons. absolutely. a good breeder will allow you to come and visit the puppy allow you to come and visit the puppy over a period of time. you may well pay a deposit. you would have a look at the puppy, and the home environment, see the mother, that is really important, to check the mother as well. i think they showed you fake kennel club information. so you fake kennel club information. so you are not completely irresponsible, you tried to do the right thing. yeah, we had all the fate paperwork. we were given all the information about his
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background. we were told about the vaccinations he had had, how to care for him. what he was like in his social surroundings, with this family. can you contact the kennel clu b family. can you contact the kennel club independently? if you are a prospective purchaser? yes. if you are looking to purchase a puppy or get a dog, obviously, the first thing i would say is please go to your local rspca or animal shelter and look at rescue centres. but if you do really want a particular breed of dog, contact either the local authority to see who the register breeders are, or the kennel club, and do it that way. don't simply go online. what is your relationship with the dog now? you have enormous vet bills as well as everything. when you are in itand as well as everything. when you are in it and all you care about is getting your dog back to full health, you don't care. there were some months where my whole wage went on, you know, trying to fix him. so your husband has been forgiven? no! no, he has. we had to go to a
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specialist eye that every six months. i am travelling an hour to get there every six months, just to keep an eye on his eyes. but you just do it. i cannot imagine why you chose the name december. he looks just like the lion king. thank you very much. it is a cautionary tale. thank you. so beautifully behaved. you are a good boy. so lovely. thank you, lucy. let us look at the weather forecast. people will be having a dog walking around this time to give the dog some exercise. how is it looking? good morning to you. it is a little bit fresh for the morning dog walk this morning. for many of us there is dry weather, not a bad day. this is dry weather, not a bad day. this is the picture this morning looking over a beach in dorset. we have a blue sky around, cloud here and there. it is a cold start to the day. temperatures down at minus
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three degrees first thing. fewer showers than they were yesterday. and lighter winds. that is because we have higher pressure that has been building in from the north—west. predominantly dry theme to the weather today. also these cold north—westerly winds. you can see the blue colours on the map. the cold air mass. it will not be warming up in a hurry. best of the sunshine will be generally further south, wales or the south—west of england. more cloud filtering from the north—west. that will bring one 01’ the north—west. that will bring one or two isolated showers here and there. mostly northern england and northern ireland. heavy showers rolling and across parts of scotland late on any day. some of them will be turning to snow. a brisk wind in the north and the east. it is stage four of the tour de yorkshire between halifax and leeds today. quite a cloudy picture. a small chance of a passing shower. dominantly dry. chance of a passing shower. domina ntly dry. temperatures chance of a passing shower. dominantly dry. temperatures are stuck in single figures. as we head into the evening and overnight, that
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rain across scotland will push further south and it will tend to snow for a time across the higher ground. further south, clear skies. another cold night ahead. not as cold as the note we have just seen. most of us stayjust cold as the note we have just seen. most of us stay just above freezing tonight. through the day tomorrow, bank holiday monday, sees this cold front working its way south across northern parts of the uk. that will bring cloud with outbreaks of showery range to parts of northern ireland, into northern england. could even have sleet on top of the pennines, for example. wintry showers across the north of scotland later in the day. to the south of that you should stay predominantly dry. lenses of sunshine on offer. temperatures tomorrow for bank holiday monday, nothing great for the time of year, 9—13. looking ahead to tuesday, another fairly cool feeling day. cloudy with showers around. late in the day we will see more persistent rain working in from the south—west. highs around 14 degrees in the cell. 7-10 highs around 14 degrees in the cell. 7—10 we have the cold as still further north. slightly mild air, we
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have wet and windy weather arriving through the middle of next week. particularly windy around southern parts of england and wales. rainy in the forecast. a fairly unsettled spell. welcome rainfall where it has been pretty dry. out there for today and bank holiday monday, if you don't mind wrapping up, there is quite a bit of dry weather. that is at least encouraging. at least a couple of nice days before the rain comes. we will take it where we can. bell's palsy is a condition which causes paralysis to the face and it can be life—changing for sufferers, causing them anxiety and depression. a lack of awareness means some aren't getting the treatment they need in time, which can make things worse. that's according to the charity facial palsy uk. geraint thomas has more. people have called me a freak, sloths, after goonies, ugly, tramp. claire will always remember
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christmas 2003. it's the night, she says, that stole her smile. she woke up says, that stole her smile. she woke up the following day with bell's palsy. 15 years later she still has a weakness of the muscles of the right side of her face, which a weakness of the muscles of the right side of herface, which can be painful for right side of herface, which can be painfulfor her. some right side of herface, which can be painful for her. some days they can't open my highs. some days a slow when a speak. eye drivel when i drink. try to act like it doesn't bother me, but it is your face. if you have spot on your face it is ten times worse for you than it is to eve ryo ne times worse for you than it is to everyone else. it is not life—threatening, but it is life changing. claire has been frustrated with her treatment, having been wrongly referred to in our nose and throat specialists on numerous occasions. every time it would get that the doctors would not know why i was there, discharged me, would go back to my doctor a couple of years later and be referred again. and it went round like that.|j later and be referred again. and it went round like that. i had struck and direction in my life until bell's palsy struck me, which
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stopped me dead in my tracks. the condition changed everything for marcus. he was an army sniper when he developed bell's palsy injanuary last year and says the anxiety and depression was instant. he says he was mistakenly diagnosed with meningitis at first, despite suggesting bell's palsy to medics. it ultimately meant he could not carry on in his dream job and left him suffering both physically and mentally. i could not say my words properly. they had to go onto youtube and research that. they eventually taught myself how to speak properly. eye was drinking through a cell for about one year. the pain is a daily thing. it does get worse when i am tired or if it has really affected me that day. it would be really bad. it is not known what exactly causes bell's palsy and the symptoms vary from person to person. but neither marcus nor
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claire received a steroids, which could have helped with recovery. importance for patients is to pick up importance for patients is to pick up the bell's palsy early, because there's very effective treatment for it. but the most effective treatment is oral steroid tablets, but they need to be started within 72 hours of the onset of the weakness. marcus is moving on with his life, alongside his newjob he does everything he can to help others like claire with bell's palsy. and things are looking up for her as well, having been recently accepted onto a botox programme on the nhs. they want to share their experiences and raise awareness that more support is needed when the sudden and instant onset of bell's palsy has a lasting impact stop geraint thomas, bbc news. we are going to talk about that later on in the programme. and meet someone later on in the programme. and meet someone who has bell's palsy and how early intervention is absolutely the key to trying to deal with it.
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you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. jon tonge, professor of politics at liverpool university, is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. ithink good morning. i think we might talk a little bit about politics in a moment. but first let's look at the front pages. it is all politics. the sunday times reports on a "last ditch" attempt by the prime minister to deliver brexit by agreeing a deal with labour. it pictures freddie mercury from queen — and reports the band are now richer than the actual queen. cumulatively, think, all of added together. the observer also leads with brexit. the other front page story is on controversial new forms being used by police which ask people reporting some crimes to hand over their phones as evidence. there is a suggestion they may want that looked at again. the sunday mirror claims to have fresh details on a alleged new suspect in the disappearance
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of madeleine mccann. and the mail on sunday uses its front page to criticise dame emma thompson for flying to new york afterjoining the recent climate change protests in london. it also prints childhood photos of meghan markle as she herself waits for her baby to be born. we will stop by looking at local elections. it feels like yesterday. ——we will start. i was look like pieces like this where they condense the really important messages from a political event like this. it is a kind of shorthand homework. political event like this. it is a kind of shorthand homeworkm political event like this. it is a kind of shorthand homework. it is a great piece by professor rob ford at the university of manchester. he makes the point about the elections that it really was a terrible result for the conservatives, the worst since 1995. also poor for labour. he articulates how and why that was the case in very clear language. basically, the more the brexit area there was those parties did, the big two. he cautions against the idea it was a wonderful dry up for the liberal democrats. he says they
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still only have one northern council and they were coming from a very low base. they are sort of creeping back towards where they were. but they are still off their 2010 successes. coming up from rock bottom. it was the best result in more than a decade. we should say the pictures of nicola day, a green party counsellor. the greens will rightly be pleased with their progress. the point made in the pieces that they we re point made in the pieces that they were at 11%, a huge increase, up to 206 to five counsellors. expect to do well in the european elections as well. this next one might raise a few eyebrows. it may not. some people will agree. esther mcvey, conservative, was a minister, they're not a minister anymore. she says the tories are the natural party of the working class. this is her writing in the sunday express. don't sound you hear is conservative party leadership contest taking
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place in the background. esther mcvey making a pitch there. it is true in one sense, but the conservatives, the old loyalties in terms of class have largely gone. once upona terms of class have largely gone. once upon a time the middle class was probably conservative and the working class voted labour. was she saying is we represent ordinary people. also says we will do away with pet project like hsz people. also says we will do away with pet project like h52 and put more money into working class communities. it is very much a pitch, in the same way that other senior conservative figures have been making important speeches this weekend. how much money have they spent on hs2 already? weekend. how much money have they spent on h52 already? there are constituency interests for esther mcvey there. she has already said she will stand in the leadership contest to try to be the third woman leader of the conservative party. she has put a hat in the ring very early. there are plenty of other runners and riders. sajid javid, speaking of which, is also talking about the future of the party. he also stressed his working—class credentials. not having spreadsheet
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politics. discussing how he was brought up in a poor rural part of pakistan. how he connects with ordinary voters and will deliver brexit as well. it is a crowded field for this leadership contest cesena theresa may she won't to take the next general election. you can hardly move for conservative runners and riders. there is an element of needing to keep someone on the point and not let them talk non—stop, interrupting, challenging, as you well know. as you do. i got into trouble for interrupting someone after two seconds on an interview i was doing. i thought with good reason. john humphrys was the master of the political interview interruption. he is not the worst offender. without our two colleagues. they are even better at holding people to account. colleagues. they are even better at holding people to accountm colleagues. they are even better at holding people to account. it is a
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fascinating piece. evan davies is the kindest interviewer, in this sense he will let his interviewees talk as much as three minutes without intervening. it seems extraordinary long given that your average labours four minutes of an interview. it shows though john humphrys, that myth has been busted by the sunday times piece. he does not hacked off. some will say it is stopping politicians' waffle. he does not hector as much as people think. is actually quite generous in the time he allocates to his interviewees. think it depends on the programme. the article could have ta ken that the programme. the article could have taken that into account. it is different, a relaxed interview on newsnight or today. but i think the public like interviewers to but in if they are waffling. you have a limited amount of time you're trying to draw out what is useful information for the audience. sometimes the only way to do that is to guide it through. i have noticed that politicians often interrupted the interviewer, which is also
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another trick. absolutely. i think, basically, it is an interesting study but does not tell us much about the nature of political interviews. thank you very much indeed, jon. we allowed you to do that without interruption, broadly, i think. we will see you again a little bit later. do stay with us. the headlines are coming up. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and roger johnson. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the prime minister has urged the labour leaderjeremy corbyn
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to work with her to break the brexit deadlock. writing in the mail on sunday, theresa may claims the local election results show people are fed up with the failure of both main parties to find a way to honour the result of the referendum. talks between labour and the conservatives are to resume on tuesday. dog breeders selling puppies on the black market have been forced to pay back more than five £5 million in tax as part of a clampdown on illegal puppyfarming. customs officers found fraudsters making huge profits by breeding puppies on a mass scale with little regard for their welfare. one dealer was charged more than £400,000. police commissioners are calling on prosecutors to withdraw a controversial new form forcing victims of crime, including rape complainants, to hand over their mobile phones or risk their attacker walking free. the move was seen as an attempt to improve the thorougness of investigations but the association of police and crime commissioners says it risks undermining the criminaljustice system. militants in the gaza strip have continued to fire rockets towards israel after a day of violence in which palestinian officials say four people
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were killed by israeli strikes. israel said it had responded by targeting a hamas headquarters and a tunnel. 16 people have been killed, and thousands have been left homeless by cyclone fani, one of the most powerful storms to hit india in 20 years. more than 10,000 villages have been damaged by the cyclone, which made landfall on friday, but indian officials say the early evacuation of more than a million people saved many lives. the newly—crowned king of thailand has been granting titles to members of the royal family on the second day of elaborate ceremonies marking his coronation. he's the country's first new monarch in nearly seven decades and large crowds are expected to gather on the streets of bangkok later today for a royal procession. the three days of events are intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. an investigation has begun into why
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an aircraft carrying 143 passengers slid off a runway in florida and into a river. the boeing 737 had been chartered by the us military to bring personnel from guantanamo bay in cuba to a military base nearjacksonville. officals say no—one was badly hurt. egyptian archaeologists have announced the discovery of a burial ground near the pyramids at giza that is 4,500 years old. the site includes several tombs, with the oldest appearing to have belonged to two very senior officials. it's believed that both men served the pharaoh who built the second largest of the pyramids. they are always so immaculately preserved, those sites. it is incredible. there is such a fascination with egyptian history because there is such a rich amount of sources. all that technology they mastered so long ago. there was an egyptian footballer who was part and parcel of the game yesterday. the king of egypt, mohamed salah. he
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took a king of egypt, mohamed salah. he tooka bump king of egypt, mohamed salah. he took a bump on the head but liveable one. this title race is going down to the wire. it will be five years since the premier league title was decided on the last day of the season, when city pipped liveable to the title. liveable fans will be hoping that doesn't happen again. -- liveable. — — hoping that doesn't happen again. -- liveable. —— liverpool. it looked as though liverpool had blown it at newcastle last night. they were drawing 2—2 inside the last five minutes but divock origi popped up with what could be a priceless winner. jim lumsden reports. liverpool arrived keen to put their champions league difficulties with barcelona to one side. virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes. commentator: van dijk, all alone! the lead didn't last long. christian atsu firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle looked like they might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place.
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rafael benitez‘s side weren't to be told. they continued to cause local problems. as the hour approached, solomon rondon made it 2—2. worrying scenes as mo salah took a blow to the head and was removed from the pitch. his side had created little since the first half, but with a few minutes left, new life was breathed into the title race courtesy of divock origi. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you feel pressure when you know you do your best? when the boys do their best, then we have to see, what is the outcome, but so far, 94 points, come on. so, yet another change at the top. now it's over to you, manchester city. this one's going to the wire. also going down to the last day of the season is the race for the last two champions league places, third and fourth. tottenham could have sewn up one of those, but had two players sent off as they were beaten 1—0 at bournemouth. they had plenty of chances to win it
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but self—destructed either side of half time. son heung—min was sent off for the first time in his career and juan foyth was also shown a straight red just a couple of minutes after coming on at half—time. they looked to have held on for what could have been an important point but nathan ake's injury time header saw them come away with nothing. that will have given hope to arsenal, chelsea and manchester, who all play today. the relegation battle is all over. cardiff had to win to keep themselves alive but lost 3—2 at home to crystal palace. they were never really in it, trailing 2—1 at half—time andros townsend scored palace's third. cardiff pulled one back but they go straight back down to the championship after their promotion last season. misery there would have sparked celebrations in brighton, who cardiff were trying to catch but down they go with fulham and huddersfield.
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celtic are scottish premiership champions for an eighth year in a row. they sealed it with a 3—0 win at aberdeen. it was 1—0 at halftime but they put the game out of sight after the break to take the title with two games to spare. odsonne edouard scored their third at pittodrie. neil lennon's side can still complete the treble treble, another clean sweep of domestic trophies. manchester city have completed the women's cup doublethey were too strong for west ham in the fa cup final at wembley. the hammers are in their first season as a professional side and it was goaless at halftime but keira walsh, georgia stanway and lauren hemp scored the city goals in a 3—0 win to lift the cup for a second time in three years. four—time champion john higgins is through to the final of the world snooker championship after an epic final frame victory over david gilbert. higgins fought back from five frames down as he beat gilbert 17—16. it's the third year in a row that higgins has made the final, and the eighth of his career.
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three years running, i've lost the latter two, i would dearly love to win it third time lucky. yeah, just trying to savour it, really get out there and enjoy it and savour it. it's not going to last forever. higgins will face judd trump in a repeat of the 2011 final. trump beat qualifier gary wilson by 17 frames to 11 to reach his second world championships final. the best of 35 final begins at 2:00 on bbc two today. newcastle falcons have been relegated from rugby union's premiership. they lost at gloucester yesterday. they are 10 points behind leicester tigers with one game left. the top two played each other yesterday, saracens beat exeter 38—7 but both fielded under—strength sides becasue they are sure of a home semi—final in the play—offs.
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two second half tries from dom morris saw sarries take a bonus point. they now turn their attention to next weekend's european champions cup final against leinster. british number one johanna konta missed out on her first clay—court title. she was beaten in three sets by maria sakkari in the morocco open final. konta was a a set and a break up but the greek fought back to win 10 of the last 11 games in rabat. it was konta's first final since 2017, and her first on clay. despite the loss, konta's moves up to 41st in the world. the 11—2 shot magna greecia won the first classic of the flat race season, the 2,000 guineas at newmarket. he was brought home by donnacha o'brien sone of the trainer aidan. the result gave o'brien senior a tenth victory in the 2,000 guineas.
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king of change came in second at 66 to 1. for the first time in 145 years, the horse that finished first in the kentucky derby has been disqualified. maximum security was penalised for impeding war of will and long range toddy on the final turn. the decision left 65—1 outsider country house, ridden by flavian prat for trainer bill mott, to be declared the winner. history at the kentucky derby. it's the final stage of the tour de yorkshire today. british rider chris lawless thinks he might struggle to keep hold of the leaders blue jersey. the team ineos rider was beaten to the stage victory in scarborough yesterday by denmark's alexander kamp. he says his climbing has improved this year, but the hilly final stage to leeds "might be a stretch". dutch rider marianne vos claimed overall victory in the women's race after winning the second stage from bridlington to scarborough. three—time world road race champion vos sprinted clear of her two closest rivals to win
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the 82—mile stage. britain's jamie chadwick has won the first race of motor racing's new w—series. it's aiming to provide female drivers with a greater chance of competing at the highest level. chadwick started from pole in hockenheim in germany and beat compatriot alice powell to the chequered flag. spain's marta garcia was third. so it will be nervy times in the next few days of the next few weeks orso? yes, next few days of the next few weeks or so? yes, city play tomorrow, they have got to leicester, you are going to that one. it will be nervy. we saw liverpool get that last—minute win against newcastle. they are on top by two points now. it is still in city's oz. a star on a great run of form. yes, jamie vardy is going very well. i noticed that you
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mentioned a domestic 44 manchester city's women. the men of course could, well, they could do a domestic quadruple. because... because the community shield. yes. they are still on for the trouble, obviously. wow. ok. exciting times. it is good that it is going down to the wire. now we have news of a fitness class with a difference. i can't quite believe this story. scotland's first goat pilates class hasjust started in fife. yes, we're not kidding you. the organisers were inspired by goat yoga, which has taken america and social media by storm, and our reporter louise cowie has given it a go. breathing in, and breathing out.
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breathing in, and breathing outm you are into yoga you will be familiar with downwards dog. but how do you fancy practising pilates with pygmy goats? goats bleat. no kidding. that's exactly what we are doing at this class at bell craig farm in fife. needs twin sisters mabel and hazel. goats bleat. go to y°93 mabel and hazel. goats bleat. go to yogais mabel and hazel. goats bleat. go to yoga is quite big on the internet. i had seen lots of videos of that. i went to california last year and took a go to yoga class and it was amazing, i couldn't stop talking about it. i thought, got to bring this back to scotland. and here we are. well, we always wanted pygmy goats, ever since we got the farm. we got a power, our mutual friend
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introduced us to joanna, we got a power, our mutual friend introduced us tojoanna, she was looking to take up pilates. it was the perfect mix. goats love doing it. they have a great time. get to meet different people, they love people much, they are so sociable. goats bleat. well, we've got the benefits of pilates, core strength, posture, alignment, and the benefits of animal therapy. stress relieving, it helps us to relax, it helps us to release oxytocin ‘s, feelgood hormones, you come away from class feeling quite joyful. goats bleat. this can be difficult enough as it is, let alone with a pygmy goat in tow. certainly a workout for your abdominal muscles. i love pilates, it has helped me out a lot with back problems. but i didn't expect to just enjoy the
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goats so much. they really aren't that element of getting out into the countryside. it is very uplifting. you just come away so happy and calm. most of us don't get the chance to be close to goats on a day—to—day basis. chance to be close to goats on a day-to-day basis. i have been doing pilates for ten years and i have been toa pilates for ten years and i have been to a number of different classes under this is just been to a number of different classes under this isjust unique. you suddenly have these foods landing on your back. they are heavy, but not too heavy. it isn't painful. it is a bit like a hot stone massage. but with her. but with further, yes! —— fur. stone massage. but with her. but with further, yes! -- fur. the classes are filling up fast. it would seem many of us do not mind acting the goat to get out for is fixed. sunday morning. you learned something. go to pilates. it is all the rage. you can see more stories like that
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on bbc scotland every weekday evening at nine o'clock or, if you are not in scotland, on the bbc iplayer. it looks quite painful. they have to say. it is the bank holiday weekend. nothing like it was over the weekend. there is a sign if you go out and look for it, isn't there, sarah? there is some particular in this up today. those temperatures are nothing to write home about. last year on this bank holiday weekend we had temperatures of 29 celsius. sorry for reminding you of that this weekend. this bank holiday could be the coldest on record. this is the picture this morning. sunshine, blue skies in dorset. cloud further north across the country. it is a chilly start to the day. temperatures as low as minus four degrees overnight. fewer showers than yesterday, and later winds. not a bad day at all. we have high pressure that is building in from the west. that is quoting
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things down compared to the heavy showers and winds we had yesterday. fairly breezy. wind coming in from the arctic. across northern eastern parts of the uk that is where we'll have the strongest of the breeze. this is where we have the cloud. putting in from the north—west. fairly cloudy for northern ireland, scotland, northern england. forthe south more likely to keep spells of sunshine through the day. the best of the sunshine for wales in the south—west of england. quite blustery across parts of scotland, eastern england, there could be one or two isolated showers. temperatures 9—13 or so. it won't feel too bad for you see the sunshine. some cells across the north of scotland. stage four of the tour de yorkshire. we expect things to stay dry en route from halifax to leeds. there is the small chance of a passing shower. temperatures still in single figures. into the evening and night we will continue with the showers across the north of scotland. they will push further
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south. some falling asleep and so of the host ground. further south, more cloud than we had last night. temperatures will not feel quite as low. a degree also above freezing first thing monday. a fresh start to bank holiday monday. then we have a cold front working in from the north. that brings a band of cloud with showers across southern scotland, northern england, northern ireland. some of the showers pushing towards northern england. generally most towards northern england. generally m ost pla ces towards northern england. generally most places should be dry with spells of sunshine. 13 or so. further north we have the colder, fresher, but clear and working across scotland and northern england. into tuesday, a fairly chilly day. my cloudy. showers across parts of northern england, scotland, northern ireland. getting wintry on the host ground. temperatures around 7—14 on tuesday. more persistent rain arriving from the south—west. that is courtesy of this area of low pressure. it will put in somewhere near to the english
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channel as we look towards the middle of the week. that will bring fairly windy weather especially in the south. some welcome rainfall. it has been pretty dry. rain for the gardens in the week ahead. if you don't mind bringing your coat the next couple of days for many of us should not be too bad. back to you both. thank you very much. it is not too bad for the and at least. not too bad. if you want to look at sunnier climes this is the time to do it. but now on breakfast it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's programme: the clubbers picking up paintbrushes to help with a hurricane clear up in the caribbean... and i'm in dubai getting a taste of life in the fast lane. oh, my days! we're starting off this week's show on the caribbean island of st martin which, back in september 2017, was hit by one of the most powerful atlantic storms in its history.
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the hurricane was huge, bringing winds of over 300 kilometres per hour and it left a trail of devastation in its path. but almost two years on, the island is now back and open for business. and this year, one of dance music's biggest annual festivals lent the locals a helping hand to. we sent greg mckenzie to find out more. when hurricane irma made landfall on the small island of st martin in september 2017, nobody had quite predicted its ferocity. homes, businesses, and beachfront hotels were reduced to rubble. the ocean washed away almost everything in its path. it's heartbreaking, honestly.
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and, right now you're seeing a little bit of the workers, you know, repairing their buildings and businesses, but before, you wouldn't be able to pass through here. definitely. here was like a deserted area. it was really rough. unfortunately, not everybody could...make it during those rough times. the hurricane lasted for three days and caused over $1 billion of damage. almost 80% of the island was affected and locals have said this was the worst hurricane in living memory. now, here on orient bay, this wasn't spared. just behind me was holiday homes — totally wiped out. but now, almost two years on, the island is doing everything it can to rebuild and get the tourist‘s back. there might be a mass exodus from your island when there is such a hurricane, but our people, really the majority of people, stayed, they worked hard, they worked for each other and, from just cleaning up the roads
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and getting their houses back in order to showing up to work the next day, police officers, medical staff, they were all back to work the next day after the storm to try the rebuilding effort of the island. there is work still to do and help has come from an unlikely source. the sxm music festival is the biggest annual event here in st martin and is widely regarded as one of clubland's most stunning and bohemian getaways. it attracts about 4000 people, but what's truly special this year is that many of the revellers have swapped dance music for paintbrushes and hard hats. is everybody awake? it's an early start and i take my seat here at the regina primary school in the simpson bay area. so, a lot of painting needs to be done in that container, inside and outside. samantha beaton—elson
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is the principal here and she's got a long list of things that need to be done. samantha, how badly devastated was the school? pretty bad. we had quite some damage. two of our classrooms got damaged. they completely collapsed. so we had a lot of loss of material also, like computers, digital schoolboards, but also the books. the volunteers are here for about five hours in the scorching heat, but luckily some of the pupils have also come along to give a helping hand. it's not just painting that's taking place here, it's some real hard labour too. now, who would have thought when i was coming to st martin, i'd be moving rubble? the heat is intense, but everybody is upbeat, just keen to get the job done.
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during the weekend of the festival, there are more than 150 volunteer projects taking place throughout the island. and over in the dutch quarter, these clubbers are helping out at a basketball court in philipsburg, which is in much need of some tlc. sxm are hoping to encourage even more festival goers to take part by making offers of discounted tickets to travellers who sign up to the programme. it's a wonderful thing that actual international djs, festivalgoers, and local people meet on a humble task, to connect on a human level and that brings so much more to the party. well, from the bright lights of the sxm festival to the iconic neon lights of hong kong.
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now to dubai, where later this year the 15th international motor show takes place. this is a part of the world where they really love their fast cars. but if you're in town and don't quite have the funds to take a top of the range souvenir back home with you, i'm off to meet a man who says he can help you experience life in the dubai supercar fast lane, for a few hours at least. hi, how are you doing? yeah, good to see you. look at this mobile. there you go, mate, jump in. all set? yeah, let's do it. everywhere we look, i'm just seeing like, what's that? a rolls—royce. yeah, we've got rolls—royce going past, you see like mercs,
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it's standard, like supercars everywhere. what is it about dubai? why do people...? why are people so in love with their superca rs here? i think there's a couple of different reasons. one, it's to show off. as much as nobody wants to admit it, people do like to show off. partly why people do drive supercars is to put smiles on faces. and to show off a little bit. and then there is the most amazing diving within the uae. you can head out of dubai — a few places and to the mountains and head towards abu dhabi and there are amazing roads there. there is a really nice, positive supercar scene in dubai. people like to drive fast cars here and people like to have nice cars. if you fancy a nice car, but you don't necessarily have the bank balance to afford one, there are a couple of ways to get your high octane pics
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here in dubai without having to blow your life's savings without having to sell your home. for a start, you can go to one of the local showrooms that specialise in top range cars. hello. how are you? this is not a bad showroom you have here. we are all about the luxury, the biggest and the the fastest. that one is a mclaren. this is basically a p1. valued at 4.5 million dirhams. with a conversion rate i would assume that is close to £1 million. £1 million! (coughs) if i were to pay that money it would need to have six bedrooms and a garden. not four wheels. but you need something like this to get you there. we live in dubai, so it is a market
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which values the fastest. ca rs cars being one of them. especially of this nature. the citizens here can afford these kind of bad boys from ferrari to lamborghini to mclaren. so it is just one of those things. when you reach that sort of stature in your life, it is a representation or an extension shall we say, of who you are. but if you haven't got enough disposable income to ship a souvenir home, then danny's ninth degree group holds regular track days and events here. and they'll even let you hire one at the top of the range models so you can get behind the wheel. for a few hours at least. we're going to go for a spin
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in this car and at this car is the real deal. it's almost £1 million worth of raw, brutal, unadulterated power. dan, let's do this, man! oh, yes! whoa! 0h, oh, the acceleration! oh, my days! wowee, that was incredible. so much raw power.
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listen, that is a you're not from us this week on the travel show. join us next week when: chris heads to the historic beaches of normandy in france, where 75 years on from the d—day landings, some of the last surviving signs of the german wartime occupation are still provoking mixed emotions. don't forget, you can follow us on social media and all the usual ways, but, for now and from me and the team, it's goodbye. i'm off for another spin! good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: let's do a deal — the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the illegal puppy trade exposed —

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